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Summer Concerts at Outside the Box


Presented by Natixis Global Asset Management

As the weather warms up, join Berklee students, alumni, and faculty for a free outdoor music series held in neighborhoods throughout Metro Boston and beyond. The series culminates with the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival on September 28.


“Summer in the City is one of our very best contributions to the local community – the world’s next great artists performing throughout Boston all summer long. You can be among the first to see their careers take flight,” said Berklee President Roger H. Brown. Past performers have included Esperanza Spalding, Dopapod, and the Stray Birds, to name a few.


Summer in the City concerts bring neighborhoods to life with free programs of pop, rock, jazz, Latin, blues, flamenco, and Celtic music. The Boston-area concerts take place in destinations throughout the city from the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Institute of Contemporary Art, the Boston Harbor Islands, and the Boston Common’s newly renovated Brewer Fountain Plaza to communities with strong cultural identities ranging from Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, East Boston, and the South End.


Click on one of the locations on the left to find a concert near you.

Nicolas Castañeda Group

Shakespeare Stage, 12:00 p.m.Free

Nicolas Castañeda is a harpist from Bogotá, Colombia, studying jazz at Berklee.

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Esther Rojas

Shakespeare Stage, 5:30 p.m.Free

Esther Rojas’s style is a combination of the influences of Colombian traditional music, R&B, pop, salsa, Cuban timba, Brazilian music, and jazz. This performance also features the great Colombian singer Maria Mulata, 2008 winner of the world-renowned Viña del Mar Festival in Chile.

 

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Brite Lite Brite

Museum of Fine Arts, 2:00 p.m.Free

Composed of award-winning singer-songwriter Andrea Stankevitch and electronics master Luke Johnson, both alumni of Berklee College of Music, Brite Lite Brite has taken live electronic music production and performance to new levels by creating innovative technologies and techniques for live sound design and real-time production.

 

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KeL

Shakespeare Stage, 3:00 p.m.Free

KeL is a colorful-sounding band, combining jazz piano, rock solos, fresh pop grooves, and hints of smooth Brazilian melodies.   

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Isis Lune

The Speigeltent, 5:30 p.m.Free

Isis Lune is a Boston-based group led by Israeli vocalist Ella Joy Meir. The band creates a unique soundscape that combines electronic textures with a raw human element.

 

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Juana Aquerreta y Amigos

Shakespeare Stage, 2:30 p.m.Free

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Juana Aquerreta blends her musical roots with contemporary styles. She will be performing a set of original tunes, joined by her friends Jacinta Clusellas (guitar), Tomas Latorre (bass), Tiago Michelin (drums), and Eleni Arapoglou (vocals). 

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Amethyst

Shakespeare Stage, 4:00 p.m.Free

Created in the fall of 2012 by vocalist and composer Raquel Rivera, Amethyst brings together six of Boston’s up-and-coming musicians for a project that effortlessly combines pop, jazz, and Latin influences into a magnetic new sound.

The unique voice of each member enriches improvisational arcs throughout every performance. Playing Rivera’s originals, as well as collaborative arrangements, this group delivers accessible interpretations of human feeling. 

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Gabriela Lencka

The Speigeltent, 2:00 p.m.Free

Gabriela Lencka—an actress, singer-songwriter, and videographer—incorporates all of her passions and expresses herself best as a performer with a tasty mix of styles.

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Alex Gable and Pasado de Moda

City Hall Plaza, 1:00 p.m.Free

Pasado de Moda brings about a dialogue among regional folk music from South America, the Middle East, and the Balkans; contemporary pop music; and acoustic jazz.  

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